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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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Linux Kernel SCTP
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This is the current BETA release of the Linux Kernel SCTP reference
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implementation.
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SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a IP based, message oriented,
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reliable transport protocol, with congestion control, support for
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transparent multi-homing, and multiple ordered streams of messages.
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RFC2960 defines the core protocol. The IETF SIGTRAN working group originally
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developed the SCTP protocol and later handed the protocol over to the
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Transport Area (TSVWG) working group for the continued evolvement of SCTP as a
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general purpose transport.
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See the IETF website (http://www.ietf.org) for further documents on SCTP.
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See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2960.txt
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The initial project goal is to create an Linux kernel reference implementation
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of SCTP that is RFC 2960 compliant and provides an programming interface
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referred to as the UDP-style API of the Sockets Extensions for SCTP, as
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proposed in IETF Internet-Drafts.
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Caveats
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=======
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- lksctp can be built as statically or as a module. However, be aware that
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module removal of lksctp is not yet a safe activity.
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- There is tentative support for IPv6, but most work has gone towards
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implementation and testing lksctp on IPv4.
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For more information, please visit the lksctp project website:
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http://www.sf.net/projects/lksctp
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Or contact the lksctp developers through the mailing list:
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<linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org>
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